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Portion to Public Settlement.
Washington, Dec. l3.-Senatos Jones,
OF Arkansas. to-day introduced in tie
senate o bill to divide the great Sioux
reservation in Dakota and Nebrsska, BE-
sure to the Indians the title 10 fee simple.
to lands in severaity, to open q portion
to actual settlement, and to provide for
the better education and civilization OF
the SioHx4ndians. The bill is the one
compiled by Delegate clifford and Hon.
john King, Of Rapid pity, Dakota. who
ere here to puHh the bill. Some OF the
main features are:
Tracts OF land are laid out by natural
boundaries as reservations by the bill
tor each of the present existing agencies,
viz: Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Rosebud,
Grow Greek, Standing Rock and Obey
enne River. As soon as these reserva-
tions are surveyed, which is TO bs done
Immediately after the passage of the
bill under the direction of the secretary
of the interior, the Indians are to select
their lands In severalty and hold them
under the terms of the allotment act.
The lands not reserved OF set apart by
this aot which are within the limits OF
the great Sioux reservation are returned
to the public domain and shall be open
TO homestead settlement only. The ap.
plicsnt, in order to be entitled to enter
le0 acres Of public land, shall be quail
fed under the law to claim ! homestead,
and shall in addition thereto pay to the
government 80 cents an acre for said
land before receiving apatent therefor,
and shall in all cases be required to re-
] thereon four years, excepting, how
ever, the Same rights to soldiers as are
now given them in other cases OF home
stead entry, and provides that having
exercised the right to pre-emption shall
IA no way bar the right oil homestead land
thesecretary Of the interior shall prescribe
the necessary rules snd regulations for
making said homestead entry, and pro.
viding that the payment by homesteaders
may be made in equal tnstallmenis, one
quarter each year. After providing for
the allotment Tor lands TO the Ponca Bal
do indiana, nov insresersation, the bill
says that in cases where the usc OF water
for irrigation II necessary to render the
lands within any Indian reservation
available for agricultural purposes,
the secretary OF the interior be and ia
hereby authorized to prescribe such
rules n regulations as he may deem
necessary to secure 3 jusk and equal dis
tribution thereof among the Indians
residing upon any such reservation; and
no other appropriation or grant of water
by any riparian property shall be au-
thorized or permitted to the damage
OF any other riparian property.
The agreement for right OF way and
depot grounds made by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad company
and the Dakota Central railroad com.
paDy in 1880 is. hereby confirmed, al
lowed and granted, provided, however,
shat the quantity of land taken for rail-
road purposes and right OF way shall be
the Same and not more than is prescribed
and allowed by the general statutes
providing for railroads through the
public da1Esnin AMI ii Isl farther y A III: srs-
yided further that such Railroad com-
panies must accept The terms OF this
ratification and comply with the terms
OF said agreement and pay the Indians
fos said lands within six months from
and after the passage and approval of
this Rct. In order TO provide for
q uniform system OF public schools for
the Indians, the secretary OF the i'm
terror shall appoint some competent
person friendly to the education OF the
Indians located on the portion OF the
Great Sioux reservation herein reserved
and herein provided at such salary az
the secretary OF the interior may fix, and
said superintendent, by and under the
direction of the commissioner OF Indian
affairs ahail cause to be erected not less
than Thirty school houses, and that il
found necessary by ths commissioner
of Indian affairs on the different reHerva-
tions al such points as the
superintendent she'll th,nk for the best
interest otthe Indians, hat at such dis
tance only as will enable as many
az possible attending school to return
tending district school. And any parent
refusing to allow their children to at
tend school between the ages OF seven
end eighteen years when in good health
and without good cause, shall not be
nAAoHSN EhsSOub luz tueMbSISeS UE lbInl-
lies, Said schools, as to the hours Of
tha day and the number of months
taught, shall conform to the general law
Of the territory, and in a general way be
like this district schools OF Dakota,
wherever they are. And provided, that
any white children residing in the neigh.
borhood are privileged to attend the
schools IN such terms aB the superin-
stendsnt spf education may prescribe.
All male Indians who shall have reach
ed the age of twenty-one gears, and
can read and write iHtelliRentiy, now
OF hereafter residing in Dakots. ON the
Great Bioux reservation, q any part
thereof, shall be entitled 20 the elective
franchise under the laws Of Dakota and
Of the laws Of the United States, any
ching in the Htatuses thereof notwith-
standing The rAtions and support
heretofore given the Sioux Indians areto
be continued so long as the secretary oil
the interior may deem necessary. The
secretary ID 10 furnish che Indians o..
1000 COWS and LOGO bulls, and q certain
number Of farming Implements and q
quantity Of seed sufficient to plant five
acres for two yeare. Whites
or other perpuns living on OF
off the reservation are mot allowed I'd
purchase or take title to or of any article
of personal property that the govern
mont may have given said Indians ex-
Isepst hides OF cattle killed BY aagency
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